(under subclass 102) Device provided with passive means for guiding a product into a path diverging from that followed by another product.
(1) Note. The deflecting guide of this subclass is effective to direct a moving product portion into a desired path, not to hold it from further movement. Stationary means (catchers) which prevent a product portion from moving, while another portion continues in motion, will be found in subclass 102 and in subclass 104 indented thereunder.
(2) Note. The divergence effected by a guide of this type may be either simultaneous with the passage of another product portion through the zone of separation or may be temporarily spaced therefrom. That is, the guide may operate on one or more product portions traveling along parallel paths or moving seriatim along the same path.
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102, for means to hold back one product portion positively while another portion proceeds to travel past the area of such holding back, and indented subclass 104 for such means wherein the product portion not held back escapes from the zone of separation under the impetus of gravity; and see (1) Note, above.
373, for a work guide whose positioning movement is synchronized with tool actuation.
438+, for a guide for directing the travel of moving work, rather than product.
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198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
351+, 367, 442, 525+, 599, and 633+ for passive means for guiding a load from one conveying path to another conveying path diverging therefrom.
